Iraqi armed group, Yemen’s Houthis threaten to target US bases as Iran-Israel confrontation widens

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah group on Saturday threatened to begin attacking US military bases after a strike in Jurf al-Nasr area of Iraq’s Babil province killed two people and injured three others, according to Iraqi authorities. In Yemen, the Houthi group Read More …

US and Israel launch massive attack on Iran

The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, killing the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an astonishing joint military operation that could dramatically shift the power dynamics in the Middle East. President Donald Trump green-lit the strikes Read More …

Philippines: ‘Terror group member’ deported by US arrested upon arrival

A suspected member of a terror group which was tagged in the 2018 bombing in General Santos City has been deported by the United States government and arrived in Manila last Feb. 25. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Read More …

UK: Counter terrorism police arrest two people in Hull with ‘potentially suspicious items’ found

A man and a woman have been arrested in Hull following a raid by counter terror police at a property in Morpeth Street yesterday. The pair, both 23, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Counter terrorism police said Read More …

Croatia declared free of landmines after 31 years

Interior Minister Davor Božinović announced Friday that Croatia is officially free of landmines. Thirty-one years after the end of the Homeland War, all known minefields have been cleared — a major milestone for the country. The decades-long effort came at Read More …

Anti-personnel mines are back in Europe

To mark Poland’s official withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention or the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, Julia Głębocka, Human rights researcher for Amnesty International Poland, reflects on what the return of these indiscriminate weapons means for human rights in Europe. Not Read More …

Wisconsin: Police find homemade explosives, weapons in drug trafficking bust at Green Bay house

A man accused of dealing drugs in Green Bay is also charged with having more than a dozen different homemade bombs at his home. The improvised explosive devices were found during a police drug bust. According to a criminal complaint, Read More …

Civilians face increasing harm from deadly explosive weapons

Dr Stacey Pizzino from UQ’s School of Public Health collated information on 105,931 casualties in 17 countries and regions across Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. “This is the first pooled casualty analysis globally using previously untapped data sources,” Dr Read More …

Pakistan, Afghan forces clash after days of hostilities

Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, sharply escalating tensions after days of cross-border hostilities. Afghan forces opened fire on posts in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest, sparking Read More …

Syria: Army neutralizes car bomb in Aleppo

A bomb disposal team affiliated with the Syrian army successfully neutralized a car bomb Wednesday in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry. In a statement released by the ministry’s Media and Communications Department, authorities said a vehicle loaded with Read More …

Cambodia Reaffirms Ottawa Convention Commitments Amid Reports of Anti-Personnel Mines Along Border

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has called for careful, objective, and responsible handling of reports concerning the discovery of anti-personnel mines along the Cambodia-Thailand border. In a statement issued on Thursday, the CMAA reaffirmed Cambodia’s full Read More …

UK: WWI shell defused in Hungerford

A suspected bomb uncovered on a building site in Hungerford has been confirmed as a WWI shell. Police and bomb disposal experts attended the site in Charnham Street and carried out a controlled explosion. A Thames Valley Police spokesperson said: Read More …

Cuba claims that the intercepted boat coming from the US had ‘terrorist purposes’

The Cuba’s Interior Ministry has reported that the 10 occupants of the speedboat intercepted in its territorial waters, which had departed from the United States, “intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes.” According to a previous statement from Read More …

Burkina Faso: JNIM’s use of landmines and explosive devices

Burkina Faso has been one of the central battlegrounds in the Sahel’s expanding jihadist conflict for more than a decade. The al-Qaeda-affiliated coalition Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) is one of the main armed groups operating there, alongside Islamic Read More …

Pakistan: North Waziristan school building damaged in suspected drone strike

A government high school building in North Waziristan was severely damaged in a suspected drone strike late on Wednesday night, just days before educational institutions were scheduled to reopen. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. The incident occurred in the Miami Read More …

Michigan: Ionia corrections officer stockpiled 196 guns, explosives and stolen prison munitions

Newly obtained court records paint a far more alarming picture of the weapons and explosives authorities say they found at the home of an Ionia County corrections officer whose backyard blasts have terrorized neighbors for years. An eight-page transcript from Read More …

Nigeria: ISWAP commander ‘dies from IED planted by his own faction’ in Borno

A senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by members of his own faction in Borno. According to a report, the incident occurred on February 24 Read More …

UNODC facilitates regional exchange on strengthening cross-border coordination in countering use of IEDs and drones in the Sahel

Terrorist violence continues to pose a serious threat to stability and security across West Africa, with the Sahel region remaining the epicentre of global terrorism-related deaths. In recent years, terrorist groups, particularly those affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq Read More …

Syria begins mine clearance at UNESCO-listed Ruwayha site in Idlib

Engineering teams have begun removing mines and unexploded ordnance from the archaeological site of Ruwayha in southern Idlib, the Syrian Arab Republic’s state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday. The operation is part of a broader plan by the Idlib Read More …